Mos old chap.
You have the wrong end of the stick mate.....as our QHI he had without doubt the most gifted pair of hands I have witnessed
his ability to demonstrate all the rudimentary and more advanced techniques was a joy to watch.
However, and whilst I hate using this analogy as it normally comes back to bite me
, "you can take the man out of the army but you can't take the army out of the man" and in the time I knew, liked and respected the guy this was definately the case for me
The point I was trying, pretty poorly it would seem, to make was that being an AAC SNCO should not be a drawback to becoming a proffesional pilot in the RAF.
Chill out mate
all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced